How to Generate a PDF using NodeJs, EJS and MySQL
Question
I'm doing a web project and I need to generate a PDF with data from MySQL, I got the connection and trough a Res.Render('Myview.ejs', data: data) I can see the data, but I want a pdf with the data.
Where i got the DB Conection and SQL Query
var mysql = require('mysql');
exports.proyectosHome = (req, res) => {
// Parámetros de conexión a la base de datos.
var con = mysql.createConnection({
host: "localhost",
user: "root",
password: "",
database : 'tasker'
});
con.connect(function(err) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("Connected!");
con.query("select * from proyectos", function (err, result) {
if (err) throw err;
res.render('index.ejs',
{
datos :result
});
})
});
}
And myView Where i got a tag <a> that when i press, I want to create a pdf with the select * from proyectos data
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<% for( let i = 0; i < datos.length; i++ ) { %>
<%- datos[i].nombre %>
<% } %>
<a href="#">Create PDF</a>
</body>
</html>
1 answers
solution1
0 ACCPTED 2020-03-13 01:06:18
You need a formatting engine to make a nice looking PDF to download. You can use eg react-pdf to https://react-pdf.org/ to generate PDFs. If you're familiar with react, it is fairly straight forward, but you need to design the page using Views, similar to div.
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